Successful Weigh In

Yesterday was weigh in day. I had actually gone up +.4 lbs. last week. To most people that doesn't seem like such a big deal, but it was. I had been to dinner with my parents and kids the night before and thought I done ok, but the scale said, "...maybe you shouldn't have eaten that second roll..." But instead of getting totally discouraged I recommitted myself to doing better this week. I got together with my friends to sew table runners and for lunch they decided to get Cafe Rio. I LOVE their Pork Salad, but I decided to skip it and just have the Tortilla Soup. I am sure it was a much better choice. I also got a membership to LifeTime Fitness. A couple of my girlfriends go and have invited me out a couple of times. Steve said it would be OK, but that I needed to get all the use out of it, since it is so expensive. Tuesday, Steve and I went to dinner to celebrate our 13th Anniversary. We went to AppleBees, which is perfect for me because they have a WW menu. I chose the Chili Lime Salad and ate half of it then asked for a box to get it out of my site. Then Steve and I split the WW dessert...that was very yummy. So probably for the entire dinner I ate 6 points at a restaurant!!! That's CRAZY.

Yesterday morning I got up and put on my weigh in clothes and drove over to WW. I was hoping to be down -.6, what I had gained the week before and what it would take to get to 30 pounds. I was actually down -2.6!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!!

STARTING WEIGHT 214.6

CURRENT WEIGHT 182.6

TOTAL +/- -32

I Lost LBS on a Cruise

Steve and I went on a cruise a few weeks ago. I actually boarded the ship quite confidant that I would not gain "too much" weight. I had used some of the skills that I have learned from my WW meetings. Even prior to the actually trip I had thought about what my game plan would be in different situations.

So I did not look at the desserts when eating from the buffet. Although I did occasionally have a bowl of jello. I also ate a lot of fruit and vegetables. I exercised a few times on the ship, took the stairs often and was just pretty darn busy.

Then the Wednesday after the cruise I went to my regular WW meeting and discovered that I had lost 3 POUNDS!!! Holy Hannah!!! I did it. I went on the cruise had a goal to lose weight and actually did it.

Discovery of a Cool Website

(Originally Posted January 31, 2008)

It has been a while since I have posted, but it is not because I fell off the wagon. I have just been BUSY.

Yesterday was weigh in at WW and I hit 189 lbs. (on the home scale I am 187) I received my 25 lb. award too. That was pretty awesome. I put it on my keychain attached to my 10% keyring so I can look and admire it often. This whole journey has been slow. I haven’t had any set backs. I actually lost 7 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Years. Once a month I seem to drop 3 pounds in a week then the rest of the month I have losses of .2 lb to 1.0 lb.

So here is my coolest find for the month. This is a neat website http://www.weightview.com/new/ You send them a current photo of yourself , your weight, how tall you are and how many pounds you would like to loose.

What you get back is a picture of how you could look at your goal. I want to look like this so bad. I have hung it up on fridge. It is kind of cool to see this picture because I have actually dreamed myself looking like that. That is the girl I know is inside of this body.

I am still walk/jogging at least 3 times a week. This is the most consistent I have ever been at exercising. I am in a very good place. I don’t want to go back to where I have been for the last 11 years. I like feeling the way I do. I still have a ton of work (ie 45 more lbs.), but I willing to put in the time and effort.

Say Good Bye to 200's

(Originally Posted October 30, 2007)

For the last few weeks I have been teetering between 202 and 200. It has been a little frustrating. I have been walking and have even incorporated a little weight lifting into my repetoire, eating within my points range. I even went away during that time on a girls weekend and did not over do. I only ate the meals and had reasonable portions and still did not change much. UGH!!! Frustration!!!

Well, today I stepped on the scale and had dropped to 199.5 lbs. That felt so good. I almost didn’t want to eat breakfast, but I am hoping it will start a trend of being in the 100’s.

Something to Laugh At

(Originally Posted on October 7, 2007)

I got this in an email from a girlfriend…

I had no idea I had been weighing myself all wrong.

This could really change things

I Survived

(Originally Posted September 14, 2007)

Last night I had some girlfriends over to scrapbook. I love having friends over and spend the evening listening to old 80’s music, scrappin and eating. Usually my way of thinking is, that a crop is NOT a crop without CHOCOLATE!!! So since it was at my house and I did not want to sabotage myself, I stocked the food table with a veggie platter, Chex mix, Tortilla chips with Salsa. I also provided a birthday cake for my friend Sandra’s birthday. She and a couple of other women had a piece, but there was still a 3/4 of cake when 2:00 am rolled around. The house was empty of scrappers and my family was upstairs tucked snuggly into their beds. And there I was carrying that single layer chuck of tempation up the stairs and into the kitchen. It did go through my mind to cut a piece and eat it…”who would know”….”I would just have a small piece”…BUT then the coolest thing happened. I said NO. I said I want to lose this weight, way more than I want that piece of cake. So I laid the cake on the counter, got a glass of water and went up to bed. I fell asleep with a much more satisfying felling than the piece of chocolate cake would have left me with.

1 battle down…a LIFETIME to go!!!

Loses and Anxiety

(Originally Posted on September 12, 2007)

I was a little nervous about this week’s weighin. Not because I have not being eating correctly because I had, but because I am 2 days from my period and I am feeling a little bloaty. But I still showed a -1.4 pound loss. WOOHOO!!!

So this week, Steve and I went out to dinner with some friends on Friday night. We went to Joe’s Crab Shack and I had pretty much decided I would have salmon. They had served me quite a large portion and I ate a little more than half of it. I tried to concentrate on serving size. Then we went bowling after dinner and I did not get any other snacks, just a fountain drink. I think so far I am doing a pretty good job at staying focused and my eye on goal. I feel pretty confidant.

I am a little nervous about next week. We are leaving for Rhode Island, but I already looked up where the WW is there and the time for their meetings. So I am going to go and do my weigh in. I also went to www.mapmyrun.com and mapped out a walk around my mother-in-laws home. So I am trying to continue to plan out my activities, but you know so many things are out of your control when you are staying at someone else’s home. And we are spwnding so much time on the plane, I need to plan out some healthy snacks. Well, wish me luck!!

STARTING WEIGHT 214.6

CURRENT WEIGHT 205.4

TOTAL +/- -9.2